BUSCH: Input from Nadeau helps Regan Smith

Input from Nadeau helps Smith score ride
Mooresville, NC (June 10, 2004) - Regan Smith is beginning to look more
like "Smiling Bob" with each passing day. Smiling Bob is the silent
spokesman for Enzyte on their popular television commercials.

Input from Nadeau helps Smith score ride

Mooresville, NC (June 10, 2004) - Regan Smith is beginning to look more
like "Smiling Bob" with each passing day. Smiling Bob is the silent
spokesman for Enzyte on their popular television commercials. Team
members jokingly call him by the character's name because he seems to
have a constant smile on his face lately.

Smith has a good reason to be cheesing so much. Everything has been a
whirlwind the past three weeks, but for a 20-year-old who is beginning
to turn heads in the garage, that's a good thing. Your schedule quickly
changes after you qualify a car on the front row the first time you've
ever been in a team's race car.

At the beginning of the 2004 season, Smith was scheduled to run a
partial Busch schedule with Mac Hill Motorsports. Unhappy with the
part-time effort, Smith went looking for outside work. With Akins
Motorsports' Kasey Kahne running both the NASCAR Busch and Nextel Cup
Series events, schedule conflicts entered the picture, so Smith was
given the nod to fill in for Kahne during certain Busch Series practice
and qualifying sessions.

For his first run in Kahne's machine at Nazareth on May 22nd, Smith
boldly put his foot down and ran a top five time in practice. He backed
that up by claiming the outside pole.

With his instant success in stronger equipment, Smith's phone began to
ring off the hook. After weighing all of his options, he decided to
leave the sponsor-less Mac Hill team and take over the wheel of the
fully-funded #50 Holigan Racing Busch Series entry.

"I had to look at where I could be in a car the most, get the most seat
time and be in good equipment with good sponsors," Smith said for his
choosing the Holigan team.

So what took so long for team owners to look beyond the circumstances of
his past performances to see Smith's true talent? Fellow NASCAR driver
Jerry Nadeau says that's easily answered with one word. "Timing," Nadeau
stated.

Nadeau, who briefly drove the Busch Series entry owned by Smith's
parents back in the mid-90s, says the savvy youngster has shown him a
lot of ability despite being somewhat limited. "Regan has always been
impressive when he's in the car, especially considering [the equipment]
he has been given in the past. He's young and talented; all he cares
about is racing. He took full advantage of the opportunity at Nazareth
a few weeks ago to show what he can do and he proved to everyone he has
what it takes. Regan's been doing a phenomenal job and this new deal is
great for Michael Holigan."

Compared to some other young racing talent, it seems it has taken awhile
for Smith to get noticed. Things finally began to work in his favor
after waiting patiently the past few seasons. After the performance at
Nazareth, Nadeau's opinion was sought out and he was quick to offer it.
"Michael Holigan (owner of Holigan Racing) called me and asked what I
thought of 'this Regan Smith kid'. I told him 'that's your driver right
there'. It's really that simple."

After Nazareth, Holigan brought Smith in to test at Lowe's Motor
Speedway and he was the fastest driver there. Smith says he immediately
knew it was the perfect fit.

"At Charlotte, the equipment was really good. After I had been in the
Enzyte car a couple of times, it was obvious it's far better than what
I'm used to. I really like all of the guys here at Holigan Racing and
Team Enzyte. The crew chief (Todd Myers) is really sharp. I like Todd
a lot. Once we get more familiar with each other, I believe everything
will start to come together quickly and the results will show out on the
track."

Once the new deal was announced, the team put Smith on a plane
to Cincinnati to meet company executives at Berkeley Premium
Nutraceuticals, the makers of Enzyte (and team sponsor). Then he drove
down to Kentucky Speedway to participate in media day before heading
back home to North Carolina.

Smith won't be based in the Tar Heel state much longer though, since he
will soon be moving to Dallas to be close to the team's headquarters on
a daily basis. Things are finally beginning to fall into place for the
Cato, New York native. If you doubt it, just look at Smiling Bob and
you'll get your answer.

Team Enzyte's next race is this weekend at Nashville under the lights
in the Federated Auto Parts 300. They will follow that up with the
Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway, located almost at the back door of the
team sponsor (headquartered just up the road in Cincinnati, Ohio). Team
Enzyte will run 11 of the final 20 NASCAR Busch Series races, which will
primarily be on the circuit's speedways.